# I pit the GOP for considering the inarticulate Kevin McCarthy for Speaker **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 3, 2015, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-gop-for-considering-the-inarticulate-kevin-mccarthy-for-speaker/733354 "2015-10-03T11:15:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BigAppleBucky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigapplebucky/32/178_2.png) [@BigAppleBucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigAppleBucky)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2015, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-gop-for-considering-the-inarticulate-kevin-mccarthy-for-speaker/733354/1 "2015-10-03T11:15:35Z")
This guy simply must not be third in line for the presidency. He’s as incoherent as Sarah Palin. They could be named King and Queen of incoherence. > **[Speaker of the House in waiting Kevin McCarthy seems to be channeling Sarah...](https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x389ee3)** > > Speaker of the House in waiting Kevin McCarthy seems to be channeling Sarah Palin Hungria is a country? Who knew? “All the while keeping the place of the band on America”. How the hell did he even get the GOP nomination in his district? Maybe he’s had a stroke recently. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/ZtoJ_3OXxBc/maxresdefault.jpg "Rachel Maddow talks Kevin McCarthy and Hungria") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtoJ_3OXxBc) ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2015, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-gop-for-considering-the-inarticulate-kevin-mccarthy-for-speaker/733354/2 "2015-10-03T12:20:18Z")
If the GOP made “must be smart” a requirement for lofty GOP positions, they would end up having to outsource the jobs. (God I love “I can’t stand the GOP” threads!) ---
**Author:** ![HoneyBadgerDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honeybadgerdc/32/1033_2.png) [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2015, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-gop-for-considering-the-inarticulate-kevin-mccarthy-for-speaker/733354/3 "2015-10-03T12:40:15Z")
I seem to remember Hungry being commonly referred to as Hungaria back in the 1950’s. I think folks took it from Hungarian. Hard to believe this is still happening. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2015, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-gop-for-considering-the-inarticulate-kevin-mccarthy-for-speaker/733354/4 "2015-10-03T12:45:29Z")
You’d be inarticulate too if you’d seen what he’s seen. _You’re next!_ ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2015, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-gop-for-considering-the-inarticulate-kevin-mccarthy-for-speaker/733354/5 "2015-10-03T13:24:52Z")
Boehner got McCarthy in as Majority Leader after Cantor left as a way to check the Tea Party contingent and because he knew he’d be loyal. For better or worse, this leaves him in the best position to follow Boehner as speaker. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2015, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-gop-for-considering-the-inarticulate-kevin-mccarthy-for-speaker/733354/6 "2015-10-03T14:12:26Z")
The really terrible thing is that he’s clearly _reading_ his speech; that’s what he _wrote down_ to say. He’s not stumbling because he’s speaking on the fly, he _chose_ those words. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2015, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-gop-for-considering-the-inarticulate-kevin-mccarthy-for-speaker/733354/7 "2015-10-03T14:16:06Z")
> [@Captain\_Amazing](#): > > Boehner got McCarthy in as Majority Leader after Cantor left as a way to check the Tea Party contingent and because he knew he’d be loyal. Which demonstrates Boehner’s no genius either. ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2015, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-gop-for-considering-the-inarticulate-kevin-mccarthy-for-speaker/733354/8 "2015-10-03T15:12:22Z")
Amazing! Those who haven’t clicked the link, do so. Summary cannot do justice to the man’s stupidity. (And from the Triva Desk: Although the Huns under Attila made the Hungarian Plain their base, Hungary isn’t named after the Huns; it’s named after the Magyars, who were sometimes called Oungroi, a corrupted name for a Bulgar tribe allied with the Magyars.) ---
**Author:** ![Maastricht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2015, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-gop-for-considering-the-inarticulate-kevin-mccarthy-for-speaker/733354/9 "2015-10-03T15:15:24Z")
He looks the part. Isn’t that the most important? ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2015, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-gop-for-considering-the-inarticulate-kevin-mccarthy-for-speaker/733354/10 "2015-10-03T15:21:43Z")
> [@BigAppleBucky](#): > > This guy simply must not be third in line for the presidency. Not to worry, He would be 2nd in line. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2015, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-gop-for-considering-the-inarticulate-kevin-mccarthy-for-speaker/733354/11 "2015-10-03T15:48:50Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > Amazing! Those who haven’t clicked the link, do so. … Holy Fucking FUCK! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2015, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-gop-for-considering-the-inarticulate-kevin-mccarthy-for-speaker/733354/12 "2015-10-03T15:55:33Z")
What does it matter how articulable he is? Isn’t it more important how loyalized he is to America? ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2015, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-gop-for-considering-the-inarticulate-kevin-mccarthy-for-speaker/733354/13 "2015-10-03T16:36:24Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > The really terrible thing is that he’s clearly _reading_ his speech; that’s what he _wrote down_ to say. > > He’s not stumbling because he’s speaking on the fly, he _chose_ those words. Alternately, the speech was written for him and all those big fancy words are too complicated for him to wrap his tongue around. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2015, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-gop-for-considering-the-inarticulate-kevin-mccarthy-for-speaker/733354/14 "2015-10-03T16:49:17Z")
"The band, Elwood!!! The Band!! And here is a link to the original source, The Rachel Maddow Show : > **[Speaker-apparent exposes GOP Benghazi ploy](https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/speaker-in-waiting-exposes-gop-benghazi-ploy-535721027734)** > > Rachel Maddow helps viewers get to know Republican House Majority Leader and expected next-Speaker of the House, Kevin McCarthy, and reports on the political damage he has done to his own party with his admission that the House Select Committee on... ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2015, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-gop-for-considering-the-inarticulate-kevin-mccarthy-for-speaker/733354/15 "2015-10-03T16:59:01Z")
[I think I know who writes his statements.](https://youtu.be/K5hy5XDL-r4) ---
**Author:** ![marshmallow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@marshmallow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marshmallow)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2015, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-gop-for-considering-the-inarticulate-kevin-mccarthy-for-speaker/733354/16 "2015-10-03T19:01:37Z")
Don’t be so superficial. The real question is has anyone really been far even as decided to use even go want to do look more like? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2015, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-gop-for-considering-the-inarticulate-kevin-mccarthy-for-speaker/733354/17 "2015-10-03T19:03:53Z")
Look, you shouldn’t put somebody down just because you can’t get behind what they’re in to! ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2015, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-gop-for-considering-the-inarticulate-kevin-mccarthy-for-speaker/733354/18 "2015-10-03T21:42:37Z")
> [@HoneyBadgerDC](#): > > I seem to remember Hungry being commonly referred to as Hungaria back in the 1950’s. I think folks took it from Hungarian. Hard to believe this is still happening. This reminded me of a repeating conversation I had when I went into the Air Force. Someone, usually from the Mid-West but some Southerners too, would see my last name and say something like, “Is that an _Eye_talian name?” Before I would correct them that it was a Sicilian name _(I still remember, Grandma!)_, I would first tell them that there is no country pronounced _Eye_taly (or I might try to get them to name the country, which they would usually, if not always, pronounce correctly). ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2015, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-gop-for-considering-the-inarticulate-kevin-mccarthy-for-speaker/733354/19 "2015-10-03T22:20:26Z")
Heh. Being an inarticulate doofus isn’t that much of a handicap in Congress. Ted Kennedy and Joe Biden are famous for fumble-mouthing, but, my God, I wish we had more Senators like them! (“A verb, Senator! We need a verb!” Best Doonesbury strip ever!) Seriously, for the very ignorant, what “stripe” is McCarthy? Foaming-at-the-mouth neocon, or someone who comprehends compromise? (McCarthyite?) ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2015, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-gop-for-considering-the-inarticulate-kevin-mccarthy-for-speaker/733354/20 "2015-10-03T22:51:38Z")
> [@D\_Odds](#): > > This reminded me of a repeating conversation I had when I went into the Air Force. Someone, usually from the Mid-West but some Southerners too, would see my last name and say something like, “Is that an _Eye_talian name?” Before I would correct them that it was a Sicilian name _(I still remember, Grandma!)_, I would first tell them that there is no country pronounced _Eye_taly (or I might try to get them to name the country, which they would usually, if not always, pronounce correctly). It was only recently that I stopped saying vie-EE-nee sausages, and I still say lime-uh beans. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-gop-for-considering-the-inarticulate-kevin-mccarthy-for-speaker/733354.md?page=2)